jointure
/ˈdʒɔɪn.t͡ʃə(ɹ)/
jointure noun: a joining; a joint.
Noun
jointure (plural jointures)
- A joining; a joint.
- An estate settled on a wife, which she is to enjoy after her husband's death, for her own life at least, in satisfaction of dower.
- Then, Warwick, thus: our sister shall be Edward’s; / And now forthwith shall articles be drawn / Touching the jointure that your king must make, / Which with her dowry shall be counterpoised.c. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard...
- Beasts do no jointures lose / Though they new lovers choose; / But we are made worse than those.1633, John Donne, Confined Love
Verb
jointure (third-person singular simple present jointures, present participle jointuring, simple past and past participle jointured)
- To settle a jointure upon.
- He never ſo much as ask’d me about my Fortune, or Eſtate; but aſſur'd me that vvhen vve came to Dublin he vvould Joynture me in 600l. a Year good Land; and that he vvould enter into a Deed of Settlement, or Contract here, for the Performance of it.1722 (indicated as 1721), [Daniel Defoe], The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders, &c. […], London: […] W[illiam Rufus] Chetwood, […]; and T. Edling, […], published 1722, →OCLC, page...
jointure meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Kannada
jointure in Tamil
- பொறி, கைம்பெண்ணுக்கான சொத்து
jointure in Urdu
- استری دھن, حق زوجیت, مہر, وثیقہ زوج
jointure in Kannada
- ವಿಧವಾಧನ, ಸ್ತ್ರೀ ಧನ, ವಿಧವೆಯ ಆಸ್ತಿ
Forms of jointure
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | jointures |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | jointures |
| present participle | jointuring |
| past participle | jointured |
| past | jointured |
Origin of jointure
Inherited from Middle English joynture, from Old French jointure, from Latin iūnctūra. Doublet of juncture.
Words formed from jointure
Questions about jointure
- What does jointure mean?
- Jointure means a joining; a joint.
- What is jointure in Tamil?
- Jointure in Tamil is பொறி, கைம்பெண்ணுக்கான சொத்து. See Jointure meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is jointure?
- Jointure can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce jointure?
- Jointure is pronounced /ˈdʒɔɪn.t͡ʃə(ɹ)/.
- What is the plural of jointure?
- The plural of jointure is jointures.
Words near jointure in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: jointure (page history and authors); jointure (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); jointure (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); jointure (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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